5 Collier County restaurants, 1 food truck perfect; 9 fail inspection

Dave Osborn, Naples Daily News
·9 min read

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Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.

For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Collier County restaurant inspections site.

Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Collier County, Florida, for the week of April 8-14, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.

Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.

For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Collier County restaurant inspection site.

Which Collier County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?

These restaurants met all standards during their April 8-14 inspections and no violations were found.

** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week

Which Collier County restaurants had high priority violations?

Academia Sanchez-Casal Florida

4995 Airport-Pulling Road N., Naples

Routine Inspection on April 9

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

6 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

  • High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Admin Complaint**

Bice

300 Fifth Ave. S., Naples

Routine Inspection on April 9

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

13 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee drank from bottle, replaced the lid on bottle contacting where their mouth just touched. Then did not change gloves and wash their hands. discussed proper handwashing and glove usage with operator. Employee properly rewashed their hands. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. saltimbucca sauce (48F - Cold Holding); marinara sauce (48F - Cold Holding); ossobucco sauce (48F - Cold Holding); soup (50F - Cold Holding); bolognaise (50F - Cold Holding) in Walk-in-cooler. Operator stated all items were properly cooled and in unit over night. See stop sale. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. saltimbucca sauce (48F - Cold Holding); marinara sauce (48F - Cold Holding); ossobucco sauce (48F - Cold Holding); soup (50F - Cold Holding); bolognaise (50F - Cold Holding) in Walk-in-cooler. Operator stated all items were properly cooled and in unit over night. See stop sale. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Chemical bottles near food bottles in server station. Corrected on site **Warning**

Bice

300 Fifth Ave. S., Naples

Routine Inspection on April 11

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

1 total violation, with 1 high-priority violation

  • High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. saltimbucca sauce (48F - Cold Holding); marinara sauce (48F - Cold Holding); ossobucco sauce (48F - Cold Holding); soup (50F - Cold Holding); bolognaise (50F - Cold Holding) in Walk-in-cooler. Operator stated all items were properly cooled and in unit over night. See stop sale. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-04-11: Soup 45F cold holding, bolognaise sauce 45F cold holding, ossobucco sauce 46f cold holding **Admin Complaint**

Island Cafe

305 Collier Ave., Unit A, Everglades City

Complaint Inspection on April 11

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

13 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dishwasher (Chlorine 0ppm), operator set up the triple sink. Chlorine the triple sink 100ppm. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Food/ice received from unapproved source/no invoice provided to verify source. See Stop Sale. There are six brown shelled eggs stored with the white shelled eggs in the walk-in cooler. Upon questioning the operator the brown shelled eggs are not from one of the purveyors used by the establishment but from local chickens. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored in same container as ready-to-eat food. In the walk-in cooler there is a bag of raw sausage is stored in the same container as cooked meatballs and deli ham. Operator moved the raw sausage to storage with the raw ground beef. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In the upright reach in cooler on the cook line raw chicken is over raw fish. Operator moved the chicken to proper storage. In the glass door reach in cooler in the servers area there is a package of raw ground turkey stored over non-dairy topping and bottles of wine. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food originating from an unapproved source. Food/ice received from unapproved source/no invoice provided to verify source. See Stop Sale. There are six brown shelled eggs stored with the white shelled eggs in the walk-in cooler. Upon questioning the operator the brown shelled eggs are not from one of the purveyors used by the establishment but from local chickens. **Warning**

Legends B&G Sports Bar

8955 Tamiami Trail N., Naples

Routine Inspection on April 11

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

19 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed chlorine concentration at bar 0 ppm. Operator primed dishmachine. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw shell eggs stored over chopped peppers in reach in cooler at end of cook line. Educated operator on proper separation of raw animal foods. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Observed cooked pasta date marked 04/02/24. Stop Sale. Operator discarded pasta. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed tomato sauce 60F cold hold more than 4 hours. Stop Sale. Operator discarded sauce. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Observed chlorine concentration at 200 ppm at cook line. Operator changed sanitizer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Sophia's Ristorante

3545 Pine Ridge Road, Naples

Routine Inspection on April 9

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

5 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dishwasher (Chlorine - Not Set Up); Triple Sink; (Chlorine 50ppm) Operator called service technician to fix machine. Will use three compartment sink for sanitizing. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed toxic chemicals In dishwasher upper shelf area. Operator moved chemicals. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

The Great Foodinia?S Mobile Bistro

Mobile food dispensing vehicle

Routine Inspection on April 9

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

7 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Operator and employee are handling clean utensils and food without washing their hands as there is no soap available at the hand washing sink and the sink is inaccessible due to multiple items being stored inside.

  • High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. There are chemical spray bottles hanging on the interior side of the hand washing sink splash guard above sausage, bacon and mustard. Operator removed the chemical spray bottles from over the sausage, bacon and mustard. **Corrected On-Site**

What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?

Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.

How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?

If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.

Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.

What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?

Basic violations are those considered against best practices.

A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.

An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."

An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.

A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.

This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Naples area restaurant and food truck inspections April 8-14